With children use force; with men reason; such is the natural order of things. The wise man requires no law.

Provided a man is not mad, he can be cured of every folly but vanity.

An honest man nearly always thinks justly.

Taste is, so to speak, the microscope of the judgment.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

The indifference of children towards meat is one proof that the taste for meat is unnatural; their preference is for vegetable foods...Beware of changing this natural taste and making children flesh-eaters, if not for their health's sake, for the sake of their character; for how can one explain away the fact that great meat-eaters are usually fiercer and more cruel than other men; this has been recognised at all times and in all places.